Heart disease is a life and death issue for the elderly! The number of people who die of heart disease is increasing, and heart attacks can be life-threatening, so we should be proactive in dealing with them in general. So do you really know about heart disease?
Risk factors for heart disease
The main susceptibility factors of heart disease are
1.High blood pressure
2.Diabetes
3, hyperlipidemia
4.Smoking
5.Family history of heredity
6.Decrease in physical activity
7.Age (incidence rate increases significantly after 40 years of age)
8, men (the risk of women after menopause increased significantly)
What are the distress signals from heart disease?
When people have chest tightness, panic attacks and severe pain in the precordial region, they naturally think of heart disease. However, some heart diseases do not have obvious precordial symptoms. They will send signals with other symptoms. At this time, can you listen to them?
1. toothache: toothache is usually considered dental disease or periodontal disease. However, a few patients with angina present with toothache during the attack. Therefore, when toothache occurs suddenly, especially when it is accompanied by chest discomfort or profuse sweating, you must consider angina attack and seek medical attention promptly.
2. Swelling of the lower limbs: swelling of the lower limbs in the elderly is often a sign of cardiac insufficiency, resulting in obstructed venous blood return. This is a typical symptom of heart disease.
3.Shoulder pain: Shoulder pain in middle-aged and elderly people is mostly caused by frozen shoulder or cervical spondylosis. However, sometimes heart disease can also be manifested as shoulder pain, especially when the shoulder pain is not related to climate and manifests as paroxysmal soreness in the left shoulder or the inner side of the right arm. According to the survey, shoulder pain accounts for 65% of the total number of patients with coronary heart disease.
4. Tinnitus: Studies have found that heart disease patients have varying degrees of tinnitus appearing in the early stages because the microscopic blood vessels in the inner ear are more sensitive to blood changes. The inner ear gets an aura signal when the abnormal cardiovascular dynamics have not yet caused a systemic reaction.
First aid in case of sudden death
In case of sudden death, companions should seize the 5 minutes of golden resuscitation time. Once a patient with loss of consciousness is found, cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be performed immediately, while contacting 120 emergency as soon as possible. Only if a patient in cardiac arrest is resuscitated in a timely and correct manner can he or she be brought back to life. If the cardiac arrest lasts more than 4-6 minutes before resuscitation begins, resuscitation is rarely successful; if it takes more than 10 minutes, there is no possibility of successful resuscitation. Then what to do?
1. The first witness should not be too busy to carry the patient. Immediately let the patient lie on his back on the spot, do not shake the patient.
2, with the shortest time to determine whether the patient has breathing and heartbeat, if not, immediately CPR. Doctors remind that the patient should be placed on his back with a hard board on his back or on the floor.
3, quickly open the airway, which is an important step for successful resuscitation. Loosen the collar and trouser belt, remove foreign bodies from the mouth and nose, and quickly remove foreign bodies from the mouth, such as dentures, vomit, blood clots, food residues, etc. Tilt the head back to ensure a clear airway.
4. Press the thorax. Once cardiac arrest is detected, immediately press at the junction of the lower 1/3 of the patient’s sternum; or the junction of the double nipples and the anterior midline. When pressing, lean the upper body forward, straighten the wrist, elbow and shoulder joints, use the hip joint as the fulcrum and press vertically downward with the gravity of the upper body. Frequency: at least 100 times/min. Pressing amplitude: at least 5 cm; after pressing down, the thorax should be allowed to rebound completely.
5. Artificial respiration. If the patient cannot breathe automatically, immediately begin to pinch the patient’s nostrils with one hand, take a deep breath and then close the lips of the mouth with the patient’s lips, so as not to leak air, and blow hard into the patient’s mouth. Then, loosen the mouth and nose, so that the patient’s chest automatically rebound.